Quotes from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods

“Nerrissa? You believe her? Well, you at least have to credit her with a certain instability! Remember when she told you that I was going to take over the Fount with and army of Lobsters?" said Ripred.

You did try to take over the Fount with an army of Lobsters." said Vikus.

Yes, yes, but it was years before she was born. My point is, she flip-flops in and out of time like a fish in shallow waters." answered Ripred.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods

“turn and turn and turn again
you see the what, but not the when
remedy and wrong entwine
and so they form a single vine”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods

“And did anyone here bring me food? I'm famished."

[Gregor's] fingers found a stray fortune cookie from the night before and he pulled it out. "Here," he said.

Ripred reacted with exaggerated amazement. "Oh, heavens, is this whole thing for me?"

"Look, I didn't even know --" Gregor began.

"No, please. Don't apologize." Ripred's tongue darted out and flicked the cookie into his mouth. "Oh, yes, oh, my word," he raved as he chewed and swallowed. "I'm absolutely stuffed!”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods

“Living out here, I have found that many creatures would prefer not to fight. But if your first instinct is to reach for your sword, you will never discover that.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods

“What do you do here that you could not do there?'
'I do no harm. I do no more harm.'
-Hamnet”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods

“How is he?” “He’s a royal pain, frankly. He eats three times as much as the rest of us, yet he can’t seem to get the knack of hunting. If we don’t feed him he whines. So, of course, we do feed him and then he grows another six inches and whines louder.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods

“His dad said if you did something wrong to someone in public, you ought to admit it in public, too.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods

“But that means the pups are starving to death, too. Not just the big rats,” said Gregor. “Doesn’t that bother you?” “Of course it bothers me!” Mareth shook his head and sighed. “It is so hard for you to know what it is like for us here, Gregor.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods

“probably no one would have ever even heard of a yak if it hadn't been about the only animal that began with a y.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods

“He wished he had some bread crumbs or something to leave a trail. Of course, if he had bread crumbs, he wouldn’t be looking for food. Just sitting around eating bread crumbs. Whatever.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods

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